Karl Burke, the trainer serving a ban from racing, is cycling to every racecourse in Britain to raise money for charity. Photograph: John Walton/Empics Sport

Karl Burke's long road back

Karl Burke, banned from training for a year after passing on inside information to the former owner Miles Rodgers, is currently engaged in a gruelling charity project by cycling over 2,500 miles from Perth to Newton Abbot via every British racecourse and hopes to raise more than £100,000. But, despite the good work, it appears he has not completely repaired his reputation just yet. Burke has attracted a donation on his collection web page from "Israeli pro punter" Saul Bennt, while another friend, "M Rodgered" jokingly informs Burke he has set up a market on Betfair as to whether he will complete the mission and instructs him to feign injury at a crucial point.

Younger blood

Could there be a new contender for the mantle of being Britain's youngest trainer? It had been thought that at 25, Ben Haslam, who has held a licence in Middleham since his father, Pat, retired in February, was the youngest. But another 25-year-old, Toby Coles, has just been granted a licence by the BHA to train from a yard in Newmarket. Coles is a former assistant to Sir Mark Prescott and Christophe Clement in the US.

Even younger blood

Sandown are seeking two racing-mad children to act as mascots for the annual Flat-versus-jumps jockeys challenge race, which this year starts off the action next Saturday on Bet365 Gold Cup day. The children, who will be dressed in silks, will get to meet some of the sport's biggest names as well picking up a number of other prizes. Entries must be made through the racecourse's website by midday on Thursday.

Insider trading OK

New racing website Fromthestables.com is not breaching any guidelines on inside information, says the British Horseracing Authority. Members of the site pay £25 a month for the daily views of a number of trainers on their runners, and has chosen their stables well given the recent good form of the likes of Marco Botti and Hughie Morrison. The BHA's spokesman Paul Struthers confirmed to Tattenham Corner that the site's operators had been in regular contact with the authority to explain their ambitions and get the support of racing's rulers. "They proactively approached us and in our view the service being offered should be treated the same as any other publicly available subscription service. e.g. Racing UK, the
Racing Post or the Pipeline," said Struthers. "The person running the service has also agreed to be bound by the same code of conduct which covers journalists who produce copy for trainers' columns or websites."

What's in a name?

More will be heard from Michael Bell's Wigmore Hall following his ridiculously easy victory in a competitive three-year-old handicap at Newmarket on Thursday. Wigmore Hall itself is a concert venue in London's West End that specialises in recitals of chamber music. The hall's acoustics are among the best for classical music in Europe and it hosts a weekly broadcast on BBC Radio 3.